initiation is “jumping in” or getting beaten by all the gang members and/or committing acts of theft or violence. In 2011 the National Gang Intelligence Center of the Federal Bureau of Investigation asserted that "There are approximately 1.4 million active street‚ prison‚ and outlaw gang members comprising more than 33‚500 gangs in the United States." In this paper you will read about gang types and gang structure‚ why people join gangs‚ typical gang activities‚ gang violence‚ and how gang members identify
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Maggie and Wangero (Dee) are sisters. Maggie still lives with their mother in the family home. Wangero has moved on and lives in the city. Wangero has changed her name from Dee to get more in touch with her heritage. After years of shunning her African American background‚ Wangero now wants to embrace it. Wangero is used to getting her way. Her mother has never not given her everything she‘s asked for. She’s educated‚ clothed‚ and has grown into an attractive young woman. Maggie on the other hand
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“The House on Mango Street isn’t it. For the time being‚ mama says. Temporary‚ says papa. But I know how things go”(5-6). In The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ Esperanza is the main character who is a young girl who is naive and has different ways of seeing life. By the end of the novella she has matured and understands more about life because of experiences that both forced and motivated her to change. Esperanza had thought that boys and girls were nothing alike. She had thought that
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better. Usually people think of heroes as people who fight crime in movies or comic books‚ but those people don’t exist in the real world. In our world‚ anybody can be a hero like police officers‚ firefighters‚ doctors‚ or people you walk by on the streets. A hero is not someone that hurts another person or does bad things‚ but they help people. A hero doesn’t always fight crime or always have an opposition. They don’t even have to work with people; they could be designing a product that helps many
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annihilation causes humans to go to extremes in order to preserve their Empire. The barbaric girl‚ representing a threat to familiarity‚ is ravaged by torture conducted by Colonel Joll and secluded in the outpost. In this passage‚ she is obsessively examined by the magistrate‚ portraying the Empire’s hysteria over the possibility of their downfall. The magistrate’s perplexion concerning his relationship with the barbarian girl comments on the intricacy of torture which can be practiced beyond a physical plane
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“Muslim Belal” and “The Jewish and Muslim Girl Poetry Slam” are two well-known examples of religious poetry. The poet “Muslim Belal” talks about how he got from the streets to Islam. “The Jewish and Muslim Girl Poetry Slam” talks about how society discriminates the religions: Islam and Judaism. These two poems do have some similar qualities. Muslim Belal is a poet that talks about how he got from his “ghetto” lifestyle into the folds of Islam. His poem is a rap and also includes a few Arabic words
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5. Explain how literary techniques‚ including foreshadowing and flashback‚ are used to shape the plot of a literary text. So far I have read a fourth of the book. The book is very good with its uses of outstanding descriptions of the setting and the excitement of adventure. So far the book has been a page turner. The book uses literary techniques such as flashback. The book is manly about a young man that is fresh out of college and gives everything he has to charity then hits hicks all the way
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going through an identity crisis and changes her name to "Wanegro." On the other hand‚ Maggie is a shy young girl. At such a young age‚ she is still suffering from a tragic event. Maggie is intimidated by Dee; solely since Dee carries many accomplishments and her appearance. Soon after‚ Dee remembers the quilts made by her grandmother. She attempts to obtain the quilts and her mother decides to give the quilts to Maggie. The quilts are a symbol of customs in their family. In many different cultures there
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Thesis: Does Maggie Tulliver reach all stages of Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development? Stages of Moral Development of Maggie Tulliver Premoral: It’s hard to pinpoint Maggie Tulliver in Kohlberg’s first stage of moral development. Naturally‚ it would seem every person starts in this stage before our minds begin to advance in development. However‚ the times we see Maggie get in trouble for being disobedient‚ she has disobeyed without seeming worried about whether she gets caught or not. She seems
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The Analysis of Boys and Girls’ Brain Mind Language and gender are always changing because of a factor‚ which is to meet the needs of the people using it. The changing culture we used affects the way language develops and the way it is used by different people in the society. The ideology of a society is reflected in its use of language because children learn their values‚ assumptions and expectations from their parents and the words that they have to learn. Based on Gender and Language text book
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